Had some health other setbacks have limited me to local freshwater fishing so far but had great success in the PA trout opener, including 3 of the trophy class goldens and stockie slam and some pictures i was happy with.
Same way i do it with all species diligence , planning and not afraid to take a chance. Drives my friend nuts but i wait until the last second to make the call where to be opening day. The dry warm week had me convinced the trout were laying super shallow at the bottom of a stretch and it paid off, the cold front later saturday sent them into the deep water for sunday. The rebel hellgramite did its thing as always including the 3 large.